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WASHING MAGHINL No. 274,190. Patented Mar. 20,1888.

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UNITED STAT S- PATENT OFFICE- JOSEPH 0-. HARDWIOK, GOLURADO CITY, COLORADO.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,190, dated March :20, 1883.

. Application filed June 29,1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J osnrn 0. HARDWIOK, of Colorado City, in the county of El Paso and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Washing-Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to facilitate the washing of clothes between Wash-boards by friction, as hereinafter described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a vertical sectional view of my invention as it appears when in use. Fig. 2

is a vertical section at right angles to Fig. 1, I

showing the plunger or clothes-holderin position to receive the clothes.

A represents thesupporting'frame or stand on which the tub rests. This frame or stand consists of side rails connected by braces, and terminating in feet, which may be provided with casters.

The tub C is preferably of rectangular form, and may be provided at the top with a board or shelf, 0, for holding clothes or other articles.

The rubber or wash-board Bis composed of vertical bars I) and horizontal rounded slats I), attached thereto. The lower ends of the bars b are held in position against a block, d, at the bottom of the tub by means of staples or keepers f, and their upper ends are allowed a back and forward motion which is limited by chains a, attached to the cleats a and to the upper end of the frame of the washboards. Said wash-boards are thus made adjustable, and can be easily taken out when necessary so to do. Two of these rubbers or wash-boards are arranged in the tub, facing each other.

At thenpper corners of one side of the tub O are two'arms, E E, connected by a rod, 0, which forms the fulcrum for a forked lever, Gr,

said lever being of the first kind, and the fill-- crum being a short distance from the ends of the branches of the fork. Between the fulcrum and the end of the long arm of the lever is pivoted theupper end of a rod, H, the

lower end of which carries a cross-bar, h. The rod H works between the upper ends of two bars, J J, which are bent outward below said upper ends and ,then downward, and have their lower ends connected by a bar, t, below said cross-bar h, through which said lower ends pass before being so connected. The outer sides of the upper ends of the bars J are provided with ratchet-teeth Z, for engagement with spring-pawls M, pivoted in lugs attached to the rod H.

To the ends of the branches of the forked lever G, beyond the fulcrum, are attached the upper ends of spiral springs S, the lower ends of whiehare attached to screw-eyes P, the shanks of which pass through lugs extending fromthe arms E, and are provided with nuts below said lugs.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The clothes to be washed are placed between the bars h and i, and clamped by means ot'the pawls M and ratchet-teeth l. The lever G is then oscillated up and down, so as to force the rubbers or wash-boards B B,which are pressed toward each other by springs B bearing against their rear sides, sufficiently to keep them in contect with the clothes and cleanse them by friction.

The advantages of my invention are: The

rubbers are actuated by the springs with just sufficient pressure to cleanse the clothes without wearing them too much, as the springs allow the rubbers to yield when the clothes are in irregular forms. The clothes are readily placed in position and removed from. the holder and securely held in place therein by means of the pawland ratchet. The spring S co-operates with the operator in raising the lever, and holds the lever in position when raised, so that the clothes may be readily attached to or removed from the holder.

Having thus-described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent In a washing-machine, the opposite rubbers B, consisting of flexible bars b, having horizontal rounded slats attached thereto, in combination with the block'd and staplesf, whereby the vertical bars are held in position, as described.

JOSEPH O. HARDWIGK.

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JOSEPH T. BIRD, J. I). FAUL rrER. 

